A few years back Lilly Allen was on the popular quiz show Never Mind the Buzzcocks. A fellow contestant questioned Lil on the swear words in her album. Her daughter wanted the record but she wouldn’t buy it for her due to the foal language. Lilly’s reply was something along the lines of “I didn’t … Continue reading
If your Stef Simpson there is only two ways to categorise things in your life, things you can’t be doing with and the things you can. Catching up over a picnic on a warm summers evening stretched out on Clapham Common, I discovered how her no nonsense attitude has brought her through some testing times. … Continue reading
The other morning, I was cycling round the Elephant and Castle roundabout, I looked up at the billboard of our hero David Beckham. A man more famous than he could have ever dreamed, so famous in fact that he is advertising Sky TV (ok maybe not a career high for him). Firstly I was a … Continue reading
The latest craze of social speculation and influx of statistics falls upon the heads of young adults, the twenty something’s. The rumour is that we’re all miserable and disappointing our potential; financially, romantically and in our careers. The idea that we now enter a second childhood in our twenties leaves me feeling both offended and … Continue reading
I’m feeling very excited today that my article: ‘Sexism in the workplace:How negative stereotypes don’t help’ has been published in the wonderful feminist magazine The Quail Pipe Follow them on twitter @TheQuailPipe Continue reading
Arriving at my East London flat suited and booted Tim Carter is the vision of a young banker. Working in the Square Mile in the country’s most thriving financial district is a demanding career for a young man, especially a young man who’s social hobbies include; camping, shooting and going to music festivals. He reminds … Continue reading
As my train rushes away from London the buildings slowly turn into trees, back gardens become longer, wider and my fellow passengers on the train are noticeable more relaxed than those in the centre of town. Walton-on-Thames bears many of the trademarks of a Surrey suburb. A lovely place to buy your first home or … Continue reading
The human being is a social creature. Our ability to form meaningful ,or sometimes not so meaningful, relationships with many different people sets us apart from other land mammals, well that and opposable thumbs. Our social skills propel us forward through our lives allowing us to enjoy not only personal relationships but professional ones too. … Continue reading
This latest film adaptation of the 1925 F Scott Fitzgerald novel is set to be one of the major players at this summer’s box office. Opening at Cannes Film festival this evening Baz Luhrmann’s next offering is big news. It boasts an A list cast, Leonardo DiCaprio takes the lead role as Jay Gatsby with … Continue reading
Tucked away, just off the bustling streets of Camden, lives Hanna Benjamin a young lady who casts a refreshing shadow over her little corner of London. When I arrive at her place, down a quiet road off a bustling high street, I’m offered a cuppa and a kit kat, lovely. We take to the sofa … Continue reading
Embracing wild time from step one
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